Interior detachable pad for garments.



I w. T. STALL. INTERIOR DETADHABLB PAD FOR GARMBNTS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I 1909.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

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WALTER T. STALL, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG NOR TO WALTER T.STALL AND CHARLES H. DEAN, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application filed July 1, 1909. Serial No. 505,362.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALTER T. STALL, of Brockton, in the county ofPlymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Interior Detachable Pads for Garments, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to athletic garments and has for its object toprovide detachable pads intended to afiord protection to certain partsof the wearers body.

The invention is especially adapted for garments which are worn in gamesof a relatively strenuous nature, such as football and baseball, and itis proposed to provide means whereby the pads may be secured on theinterior of a garment at any desired portions thereof.

Upon the drawings which illustrate a air of breeches adapted to be wornby a f dotball player, the garment is provided with internal stripsprovided with eyelets to which stripsthe pads may be firmly secured byfastening devices, such as lacing cords. According to the arrangementillustrated, the pads are placed so as to afford protection to the hips,thighs and knees of the wearer.

On the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a pair ofbreeches having internal detachable protecting pads. Fig. 2 is a sectionon line 22 of Fig. 1, illustrating means for attaching a thigh pad. Fig.3 represents a section on line 33 of Fig. 1, showing a combination of athigh pad and knee pad. Fig. 4: represents a section on line H of Fig.1, showing means for attaching a hip pad.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

Referring first to Fig. l, a pair ofbreeches is indicated at 10, saidbreeches being of the customary knee length of which the bottoms of thelegs are, according to the usual custom, provided with elastic bands,not shown, for causing the leg of the garment to fit snugly about theleg of the wearer below the knee cap.

11, 11 represent pads of suitable form adapted to be attached to the hipportions of the breeches, said pads and those hereinafter described,being attached within and concealed by the breeches. A convenient methodof attaching the pads 11 is by their upper edges alone as shown by Figs.1 and Specification of Letters Patent.

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4:. For this purpose a strip 13 is provided,

- here shown as attached by one or more rows of stitching 14, saidstitching also serving to attach a reinforcing waist band 15. The

upper edges of the pads 11 are suitably reinforced and provided with aseries of eyelets 12 adapted to receive a lacing cord, said cord beingalso passed through eyelets 12 with which the free edge of strip 13 isprovided.

16, 16 represent pads adapted to protect the upper portions of the legsof the wearer and 17, 17 represent pads for protecting the knees. Theupper and lower pads 16 and 17 of each leg may conveniently be joined bysewing separate portions of padding material into woven coverings 18,said pads bein separated by relatively narrow webs 19 a' ordin thedesired flexibility and permitting the free bending of the knees. Theupper and lower leg pads thus organized are preferably attached withinthe legs of the breeches by their side edges and for this purpose theside edges are provided with series of eyelets 20. The back and frontportions of the breeches legs are provided with sufficient material toform side strips 23 extending along the interior of the side seams, thefree edges of said strips being adapted to receive eyelets 20 throughwhich lacing cords 24: may pass to attach the side edges of the legpads.

The herein described means for detachably securing the pads in thegarment permit various positions of the pads. It is desirable that thecenters of the pads 17 coincide with the centers of the knee caps of thewearer, and it is essential that the pads be vertically adjustable inorder to secure the proper position of the pads. It is also desirablethat the webs 19 be arranged slightly above the knee caps in order thatthe desired degree of flexibility of the legs of the breeches beprovided. It is alsodesirable to place the pads 11 in the position bestcalculated to aflord protection to the hip bones of the wearer and togive the greatest degree of comfort. With the herein described devicesfor cletachably securing the pads within the garment, the pads may beplaced in various positions with relation to the wearer. It would beimpossible to determine the most desirable location for the pads inassembling them in the garment for sale, because the positions of thepads with relation to the garment are not necessarily the positionswhich would best protectthe wearer and give the greatest degree ofcomfort.

As a result of providing detachable pads and the means herein describedfor attaching them, the wearer may provide himself with pads of anydesired size or thickness, and as occasion may require, pads of one size7 or thickness may be substituted for those of another size andthickness, and the means for a so attaching the'pads do not present anyobjectionable protruding portions which might cause discomfort to thewearer. The pads, being thus concealed within the breeches, do notperceptibly detract from the appearance of the garment as external padsdo, and the pads may be so carefully made and attached that theirpresence would not be noticed at all. Moreover the pads and the meansfor securing the same are wholly within and covered by the fabric of thegarment, the external surface of the garment being therefore continuousand presenting no protuberances or separable edges liable to be caughtand torn apart.

garment and said waist band, the other edge of each strip being free,and side strips in said garment also provided with free edges, of aplurality of pads each adjustably secured at its upper edge to the freeedge of one of said waistband strips, and a plurality of additional padseach adjustably secured at one edge to the free edge of one of said sidestrips.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WALTER T. STALL. Witnesses A. T. MORAN, B. A. BROWN.

